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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (26)
CleonXXI
Great photo of the old "fork-tailed devil" as the Germans called it.
giulband
Good capture !
rawdodb
Beautiful Beast.... Excellent shot!!!!
MagikUnicorn
coool
casmindo
real nice
Richardphotos
very sharp focus and detail
Faemike55
cool capture Sig
barryjeffer
I love this era's planes... Nice shot!!
bebopdlx
Beautiful.
bazza
Excellent capture of this devil Sig ;-).
tigertim
Excellent, great to see!
starship64 Online Now!
She's a beautiful old warbird. Fantastic capture.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
illkirch
Interesting shot
blinkings
Nice one mate, and nice prop blur.
ontar1
Great pov and capture!
UVDan
I love those planes!
drifterlee
What a cool shot!!!!!
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture Sig and such a beautiful blue sky!
whaleman
Great shot! My favorite WWII aircraft!
SunriseGirl
Great shot.
farmerC
Shining shot.
debbielove
Very neat shot! Much better paint than the one that's going to be at Legends this year! Good shot Rob
flavia49
marvellous capture
Cyve
Fantastic capture !
danapommet
A great capture of this old classic!